I recently upgraded one of my Model 23 lamps to the new Max-Brite burner. Before purchasing I had a few questions and called Lehman's. I talked to a very friendly knowledgeable person who answered my questions. After getting my new burner I gave it a trial run and what a difference! No more flame spikes, no more sooted mantles. Fit and finish are perfect and it is almost the equal of my vintage Model B Aladdins. Thank you to the friendly staff at Lehman's......you get five stars.

I have just purchased an Aladdin Maxbrite #502-201-704 burner to replace my Aladdin model 23 burner that came with an Aladdin lamp several years ago. This is a huge upgrade from the model #23 burner! I had always been plagued by flame spikes from the wick on the model #23 burner. The flame spikes made it impossible to burn the lamp at full brightness without at some point causing black carbon deposits or worse to be deposited on the mantle. The lamp would always need to be monitored to prevent sooting of the mantle even at maybe 50-75% brightness. with the #502 burner there are no flame spikes and it is easy to obtain full brightness. The lamp output is now very stable and does not require constant babysitting like the older #23 burner. Great job Aladdin! This is the way this lamp should have operated from the beginning. Too bad it is necessary to spend over $100 to finally have this lamp operate correctly. I also purchased the high output Maxbrite chimney. The lamp is now indeed very bright. Not sure how much the high output chimney has to do with this since the lamp could never be run at full brightness with the model 23 burner in place. I have not tried the regular Maxbrite chimney so was not able to compare them.

I have many Aladdin lamps the oldest being a model #3. A couple Model #6's, an 11, couple of 12's, an A, several B's, 21c's, C's and some 23's (which I don't like) so I am pretty familiar with these lamps. I purchased a Max Brite from Lehman's and when I set it up and fired it I found that this burner works extremely well. There were no issues of any kind with it. The one thing that really strikes me with this burner relative to all the others is the lack of attention it requires compared to the others. I always thought the model B was the best of the bunch and likely wouldn't have been dis-continued except the tooling was lost in a flood around 1955, but this new burner is better. It is really bright and so far I haven't even had to clean the wick. It just keeps going and going. I like it so much I'm going to get another...

The #500 Aladdin burner was out of stock here, so I ordered one from another supplier. It's look and construction appear very similar to the #23, but it is a different burner. I have just installed it, let the wick soak for an hour, and fired it up using Aladdin fuel and the new chimney in the longer "booster" length. WOW, it really pumps out the light (and heat)! So they got that part right. The flame spreader fits tight, but not unreasonably so, and the outer wick tube comes apart and assembles easily and with a sense of precision. The gallery fits pretty well, and the wick raiser works nicely. Installing a new mantle (same mantle as the last several model burners) fit on easily and securely. HOWEVER; if you're considering this as a replacement burner for a previous model lamp, you may want to re-think that strategy. In replacing a #23 burner on a glass Lincoln Drape shelf lamp font, the threads on this new burner were so tight that I couldn't get it threaded all the way in without risking damage to the burner or possibly breaking the collar loose from the font, and it sits slightly cockeyed in the font. No, it is not cross-threaded. The #23 burner threads in perfect, but this one is a simply too tight. With a shade ring under it as a spacer, you might just be able to tighten it down, but that's questionable. You will definitely want a shade with this setup, too. Great performance so far, but I'm taking off one star for the inconsistent thread fit. I should add that the new style chimney, made for this new burner, like the ones before it, suffers from the fact that it's not totally square or flat at the bottom, and so it tends to rock side-to-side. It fits nicely otherwise and works fine, but for the price I'd hoped for a little better craftsmanship. That's a deduction from the chimney though, not the burner. I'd consider taking off another star for the fact that they have farmed out their production to what is presumably a slave shop in communist China (beyond a minuscule clique' of rulers, everyone under communism is a slave). You can make your own decision in that regard, of course. You can get a Kosmos #15 or #20 Ideal round wick burner for less, and they're made in Europe which is not yet full-on communist. They won't fit an Aladdin font though. I got this burner to see how it would do, and it does pretty well, but given all the above I think I'll stick to my classic Aladdin, Rayo and Kosmos lamps. I don't believe I'll be getting another new Aladdin, either for myself or as a gift. Whatever you get, Lehman's is the place to get it though.

I purchased this to go with the passion pink Aladdin lamp. I am impressed with the amount of light these lamps produce. The lamp will not be lit until June when my husband and I will light the lamp together in celebration of our 35th wedding anniversary. We have one lamp from the forties that still puts out a brilliant light.

I acquired two Maxbrite burners and chimneys to update my lamps, which I use in rural Thailand. (I bought one from Lehman's. Friends ordered a second one from Amazon.) I was thrilled that Aladdin had worked out how to minimize spikes and hotspots that can make an Aladdin lamp high maintenance. I was particularly happy to learn that the wick adjustment know can be turned in much smaller increments than the #23 Burner. The "pro" is that the mantle does burn more smoothly once the lamp is lit. So, there is some improvement. Otherwise, I am very disappointed in this 200 dollar investment. While the burners fit in my aluminum fonts easily enough, they simply doesn't sit well in my glass Aladdin fonts. It took forever to get the flame spreader out, and it was nearly impossible to get it back in without mangling the wick I had just cleaned trimmed. I substituted the flame spreaders from older burners -- retiring two brand new items that cost 14 dollars each when bought as spare parts. The wick knob on one burner is so-so. The other is extremely difficult to use. I had to turn it until I feared it would snap before it finally moved. Once past that point it can be adjusted in small increments. I have read of others having to return faulty Maxbrite burners. My guess is that most of the components, if not all, are being pumped out of a Chinese factory where there is little, if any, quality control. It's up to the customer to do the quality check. So... if you have the time and patience to do returns until you get what you paid for, the Maxbrite may be worth it in the long run. Personally I wish I (and friends) had saved money and stuck with my old burners.